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The Times [of London] are reporting, 23 July 2008. that a new trojan is now making waves in the UK having already hit US sites:

Eastern European hackers are suspected of placing the Asprox virus on more than a thousand British websites, including those run by the NHS and a local council, in the past two weeks. [...] Last week, Asprox infected the Norfolk NHS website, used by thousands of people a day. Hackney Council’s website was one of 12 local council websites also compromised, meaning that anyone logging on to pay a parking ticket or council tax was at risk over a three day period. [...] In the US, the virus has successfully penetrated mainstream sites belonging to Sony’s Playstation, the city of San Francisco and Snapple.

Asprox is an automated SQL injection attack that (more…)

This is a repost of a past page from my old site. Might be useful for someone … you never can tell. I guess I’m just a serial hoarder!

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Hints and Tips for Microsoft Windows XPHere, I’m going to give info about issues I have come across with WinXP and how I solved them …On this page: security centre settings (WinXP SP2) …

Accessing the security centre

First, you’ll need to log on as an administrator. For some this will mean using the Start menu, choosing log off, then from the popup window choosing “switch user” (or in shorthand Start > Log Off : switch user. You will then need to select an administrator account (eg “admin”) from the menu and enter your admin password.

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